Paul, I don't think anyone has asked you this but when you ran the experiment in 2004, the bulk acceleration condition was not known, correct?If so, how can you be confident in the results?
I don't know if anyone's heard, but STAIF is back in the form of STAIF II. Here is the agenda for March 13th.http://www.staif2.org/images/pdf/STAIF_II_Agenda_12.pdfNote Woodward's paper is titled "Massless propulsion". This is the first time I've heard M-E propulsion called that.
Harry White's and Paul March's PDF at NETS2012 about "Advanced Propulsion Physics: Harnessing the Quantum Vacuum"http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nets2012/pdf/3082.pdf
Historical test resultshave yielded thrust levels of between 1000-4000 micro-Newtons, specific force performance of 0.1N/kW,and an equivalent specific impulse of ~1x1012 seconds.
Can Paul please tell us what promise, if any, he thinks graphene capacitors may hold for his research?
Quote from: mboeller on 03/23/2012 01:03 pmHarry White's and Paul March's PDF at NETS2012 about "Advanced Propulsion Physics: Harnessing the Quantum Vacuum"http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nets2012/pdf/3082.pdfQuoteHistorical test resultshave yielded thrust levels of between 1000-4000 micro-Newtons, specific force performance of 0.1N/kW,and an equivalent specific impulse of ~1x1012 seconds.Where does that Isp come from?cheers, Martin
Quote from: MP99 on 03/23/2012 06:01 pmQuote from: mboeller on 03/23/2012 01:03 pmHarry White's and Paul March's PDF at NETS2012 about "Advanced Propulsion Physics: Harnessing the Quantum Vacuum"http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nets2012/pdf/3082.pdfQuoteHistorical test resultshave yielded thrust levels of between 1000-4000 micro-Newtons, specific force performance of 0.1N/kW,and an equivalent specific impulse of ~1x1012 seconds.Where does that Isp come from?cheers, MartinSee attached slide.
Quote from: Star-Drive on 03/27/2012 04:06 amQuote from: MP99 on 03/23/2012 06:01 pmQuote from: mboeller on 03/23/2012 01:03 pmHarry White's and Paul March's PDF at NETS2012 about "Advanced Propulsion Physics: Harnessing the Quantum Vacuum"http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nets2012/pdf/3082.pdfQuoteHistorical test resultshave yielded thrust levels of between 1000-4000 micro-Newtons, specific force performance of 0.1N/kW,and an equivalent specific impulse of ~1x1012 seconds.Where does that Isp come from?cheers, MartinSee attached slide.Thanks, but I'm not seeing that derivation unless your power source is pure matter/anti-matter with 100% conversion efficiency to usable power. ISTR you mentioning a spacecraft a while ago powered by an H2/O2 power-cell. By retaining the reactants, only the mass of the power output (by E=MC2) goes overboard.If I've remembered that correctly, that seems to be completely the wrong way to analyse the situation. Instead, you are producing power by reacting H2 & O2. To calculate Isp correctly, the reaction product (water) should be sent overboard, and the thrust equated to the rate of consumption / disposal of hydrolox.cheers, Martin